GAME SEVEN Yankees vs Red Sox

[Uzybone]

this is big folks. Im glad Torre has finally shook up the line-up and moved the corpse like Giambi to 7th. I feel good about this one. Go Yankees!!!

[VermontDem2004]

1. Booooo

[Justice]

2. Go Sox Beat the Evil Empire!!

[dflprincess]

16. GO RED SOX

Really, who will watch a Yankees/Marlins series?

[TopesJunkie]

24. Ack. No more Reagan quotes, please!

I like the Sox. Don't ruin it for me.

[Red_Storm]

3. a long overdue move I think...........

let's see how Nick does in the 2 hole..........


LET'S GO YANKEES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaineDem]

4. I'm so freakin' nervous

I have all this energy so I've been dusting and cleaning my living room. My husband is thrilled! :D

I'm hoping this will be an instant classic game. I hope both pitchers are exquisite...with Pedro just that little bit better. ;)

Enjoy, gang!

[Uzybone]

6. I hope its a classic too...

Ill be happy if the Yanks destroy the Sox 11-2. But Im hoping for a 3-2 come from behind win on a 2-run HR by Jeter in the bottom of the 9th. Damn......its better than any drug.

[gratuitous]

5. Feh! Face it, Sox fans

And I say this with all due rancor toward the Yankees, but with two such closely-matched teams, you have to look toward the starting pitchers to make your decision. I don't recall Martinez being all that great in the Big Game Situation. Clemens, though, is a total animal and would throw the ball through a brick wall to beat the other team.

I have to give the edge to Clemens and the Yankees, especially since Rivera is well-rested and ready to saw off some bats should the Yanks be ahead after the 7th inning. The best defense against Rivera for the Sox is to have their offense clicking and be up by three, four or five runs come time for the Stretch.

I hope I'm very wrong.

[Lexingtonian]

11. Rivera looked pretty hittable the last 2-3 games

And teams figure out how to hit Clemens's fastball after a game or two or three.

But Martinez is probably the trouble spot, that's true. His arm probably is shot, as it usually is this late in the season. (That's why he tends to blow Big Games, really.)

I figure the Sox win against the Yankees when they score five or more runs, lose if held to three, as a general rule this season.

[gratuitous]

49. I am happy to say that I was wrong

The Sox jumped on Rocket Roger like a Republican on a campaign donation! They are in control right this second in the top of the 5th, but as we all know, you never know.

[newyorican]

7. Battery night has been cancelled...

to properly honor Pedro (the senior-abuser), NY Yankees announce tonight is handgun night...

:evilgrin:

[gyopsy]

8. I'm pulling for the Sox...

I've seen enough of the Yankees. Who wants to see them go to the World Series...AGAIN? Talk about boring.

[MaidinVermont]

9. Sox suck because their state laws suck

NY just sucks less. Vermont all the way!!!!

[Submariner]

14. It's "Boston Red Sox" to you 'maple syrup breath'

now go milk your Vermont cows! :evilgrin:

[newyorican]

10. The definition of boring is...

a Bosox - Marlins World series...even though the poor ratings would serve Fox right for their terrible broadcasts...

[Monte Carlo]

15. Speak for yourself.

No one wants to see the Yankees and their money win again. Everyone else in baseball who hate the Yankees - and that's basically everyone not in New York or Nicole Kidman - would pulling for the reverse of the curse.

[Woodstock]

18. True

I have not heard a single person pulling for the Yankees - and I've asked everyone and his mama.

[Red_Storm]

21. Say whatever you want but ..........

Nicole Kidman was holdin it down last night !!!!!!!!....what a hottie !!!!!!

[LisaM]

27. But her hat looked STUPID.

If I'd been sitting behind her, I'd have knocked it off her head. Who could see over that thing?

[Woodstock]

17. 67% on ESPN poll want the Sox

Most Americans are not morans after all! :)

[5thGenDemocrat]

26. Morons and baseball are hardly exclusive

True story about the Red Sox and me: The very first major league baseball game I ever covered as a reporter was a Boston/Detroit game on Apr 4, 1986 and a highlight of that experience was a ten-question or so interview with Bill Buckner.
Buckner chewed a combination of bubble gum and chewing tobacco and when he leaned in to give a response (we were sitting on the bench in the Boston dugout), ol' Bill's breath was full of tobaccoey goodness. The pink and brown confection was, in this smoker's personal opinion, was one of the woofiest things I have ever seen.
Still, Buckner was personally kind and gracious to me. I felt horrible for him when that ground ball skipped between his legs in the '86 World Series. He is a former NL batting champ, after all -- but he'll be remembered for that damned grounder.
John
The Tigers won 3-2, IIRC, and Vada Pinson told me that the hat I was wearing was "groovy."
ON EDIT: On re-reading the title of this post, I should add that I am not inferring that either Bill Buckner or Red Sox fans themselves are, per se, morons.

[Woodstock]

32. Good story, but kind of icky visual :-)

I got your drift about the morans.

I was just trying to feel a little love for the mindless Bushies - the 67% that hate Yankees includes some of them, too.

[FlyByNight]

12. Go Sox!

Pedro vs. Clemens. Game 7 in da' Bronx. Does baseball get any better than this?

[Submariner]

13. Does baseball get any better than this?

YES...at Fenway Park having a Fenway Frank and a cold beer. It doesn't get any better than that!

[Woodstock]

20. re: Pedro/Clemens

As an O's fan I've had my team's heads thrown at by both, so I like neither. Give me a Greg Maddux style of pitcher any day of the week.

But of the two, let's put it this way. I strongly dislike Martinez, but I ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY LOATHE Clemens.

[ShaneGR]

19. Yankees must GO DOWN!!!!!!

Screw any team that can't have their own farm system and has to steal everyone elses players with money.

War Indians!

War Salary Cap!

[Droopy]

22. Pedro ain't lookin' too sharp

He's not locating his pitches good, isn't getting the fastball into the 90s with any control. Maybe he'll settle down. I hope so.

[TopesJunkie]

23. Hopefeully Pedro can hold for four innings...

then you let Wakefield finish them off.

[Droopy]

25. Trot Nixon clobbers a 2 run dinger!

[Woodstock]

28. Yipee!!!!!!!! 3-0

:)

[Droopy]

29. Error scores another run for the BoSox

[newyorican]

30. Boston has a good swatting line-up...

and they just showed some production...rats!

[FlemingsGhost]

31. Still feeling good, Uzybone?

Pedro has a 3-0 lead in the third.

[Woodstock]

33. Clemens gives up 3 runs at once, yet Fox saves all the disses for Pedro

Splain that, Lucy.

[underpants]

34. Yes but it is decided on the field

I agree that Fox spins in sports as elsewhere but they don't call balls and strikes.

Quiet now. Tap your feet as you did in the last inning. Don't touch anything you haven't before..........

[HEyHEY]

35. LET"S GO SOX!

Just checking in support!

[TopesJunkie]

36. Go on out and get 'em!

Sox, that is!

[Droopy]

37. Clemens makes another mistake

Milar pounds one out to left field. 4-0 BoSox.

[Redneck Socialist]

38. Clemens gone!

Woooo Hooooo! Let's go Red Sox!

[Cush]

39. 1st and 3rd, no outs

Roger pulled in the 4th

[FlemingsGhost]

40. Roger Clemens deserves to go out like this

Justice is served.

[TopesJunkie]

41. OK.

Give it a rest. No need to get ugly.

[FlemingsGhost]

42. C'mon... the irony is mind-boggling.

It is well documented that Roger Clemens's biggest fan, is Roger Clemens.

Justice is served.

[TopesJunkie]

44. Irony?

How is it ironic?

[FlemingsGhost]

46. When Clemens departed for Toronto...

he asserted that he was the last chance the Sox had to win a Series.

Yah... whatever, Roger.

[Droopy]

47. I said earlier that Pedro wasn't looking too sharp, but

he keeps sitting them down and he's keeping the crowd out of the game. Maybe he'll get lucky a get a win without having his best stuff. He's got a two hit shutout going through four.

On edit: I posted this in the worng spot. Sorry folks.

[TopesJunkie]

48. So?

I still don't see the irony. The guy had a bad night. The Sox still haven't won a Series. He has. So what? History is history. Let it be.

[bicentennial_baby]

50. Can I assume

that you're not from New England?

[TopesJunkie]

51. Don't assume anything.

That's something you should have learned long ago.

[bicentennial_baby]

52. Excuse me?

Whatever...nevermind :eyes:

[TopesJunkie]

56. That's what I figured.

Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!

[FlemingsGhost]

53. The very team he damned, just chased him out of the game...

and looks likely to play in the World Series... without him.

Do you even know what "irony" means?

[TopesJunkie]

55. Do you?

It's fairly clear that you don't. It's not like he hasn't beaten his ex-team numerous times already and won a World Series. Sorry, but the guy just had a bad game at the wrong time. It's not anywhere near as dramatic as you're trying to make it appear.

[FlemingsGhost]

57. Your right, TopesJunkie.

I don't know what irony means. In fact, I know absolutely nothing about baseball, either. God am I busted, or what? An idiot, I am.

Excuse me while I watch the Yankees lose to the Red Sox. Maybe I'll learn something about both.

Enjoy the game.

[TopesJunkie]

58. Interesting.

You get all huffy and then storm off as if I was the cranky one. Sounds a little Axis II to me.

Yeah, enjoy the game, if you can.

I sure am!

[FlemingsGhost]

60. Right again!

Are you a psychologist?

[TopesJunkie]

61. Perhaps.

I am whatever you need me to be!

[FlemingsGhost]

64. I love you just the way you are.

Don't go changin' to try and please me.

[Woodstock]

45. AMEN

Good riddance.

[Cush]

43. boooo

wasted that opportunity

[Droopy]

54. Giambi cranks one out for the Yanks. 4-1 Boston.

[Redneck Socialist]

59. Pedro has six strike outs so far.

Go Red Sox!

[baby_bear]

62. What's the deal with Enrique Wilson?

He's not fielding so well. Why isn't Aaron Boone in there?

s_m

[TopesJunkie]

63. Boone hasn't hit for crap.

Torre was rolling the dice.

[baby_bear]

105. 'nuff said

Aaron's da man.

s_m

[Redneck Socialist]

65. Wilson hits Pedro better...

...and Boone has has a couple of errors this series.

[Redneck Socialist]

66. #7 for Petey!

Go Red Sox!

[gratuitous]

67. Too early to start counting outs left?

Nine outs left for the Yankees.

[Redneck Socialist]

68. Way too early!

ack!

[gratuitous]

80. Fortunately, baseball folk aren't very superstitious, right?

Seven outs to go, three hits in a row. Where's the manager? Let's get this guy off the mound while he can still win the game, please?

[gratuitous]

83. Aaaaand six outs to go!

The sands of time slowly slip away from the Yankees, pitch by pitch, out by out. Mwahahahaha!!!

[Woodstock]

69. Will Pedro come back?

or is his night through? Yahoo shows 79 pitches for Pedro.

[underpants]

71. I'm amazed that he is coming back

Make a change and make them adjust.

[MaineDem]

72. I'm sure he'll be back.

Long break for the stretch though.

[Redneck Socialist]

It is all Bush's fault...

Fake patriotism extends the 7th inning stretch, Pedro gets cold and here we are. Shit.

[FlemingsGhost]

70. Yes.

Celebrate when the 27th out is made.

[FlemingsGhost]

73. Hey God! While you're at it... bless Iraq too

Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out to the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack
I don't care if I ever get back
For it's root, root, root for the Red Sox
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's one... two... three strikes you're out
At the old ball game.
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I feel better now...

That patridiot sh*t is getting real annoying

[TSIAS]

74. Posada F-8

2 out

[TSIAS]

75. Giambi hits 2nd HR

4-2 Sox. Things may be getting interesting. Lets see if the Sox bullpen can hold on one last time if needed.

[Redneck Socialist]

78. shit!

Miller! WTF? That was awful. Timlin is warming.

[TSIAS]

76. Are things unraveling

Millar just slipped and fell. Hopefully Boston can calm down. They've still got this under control.

[Droopy]

81. Their just one out from being out of the inning

Don't count them out yet.

[Droopy]

77. Giambi cranks another one out. 4-2 Sox.

Looks like he had something to prove after being moved down in the batting order.

[FlashHarry]

79. Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttt

[Redneck Socialist]

82. # 8 for Pedro!

Wooooo Hooooo! That was F'in huge!

[Redneck Socialist]

84. Thank you...

there just might be a god after all. HR Ortiz!

[Droopy]

85. Ortiz hits one out for the Sox. 5-2 Sox

Every run in this game has come off a home run.

[FlemingsGhost]

86. Wahooooo.... A sorely needed insurance run.

"Cowboy up" Red Sox Nation.

The Sox have heart....

[gratuitous]

87. Wells in

The pitcher throws the hanging curve
The batter, he's no dope
He waits until the ball doth swerve
Then strokes the frozen rope.

Take that, Grantland Rice!

[Woodstock]

88. Oh, yeah!

Sox needed that extra run. :)

[Droopy]

89. Yanks get one back. 5-3 Sox. Time to pull Pedro?

[Spirochete]

90. Guess not

they're going to leave him in till he gives it away.

[TSIAS]

92. Reminds me of Prior on Tuesday night

Maybe they're stretching him a tad bit too long.

[Droopy]

97. They take him out, but it's two batters too late

[TSIAS]

91. I'd say so

If he lets Posada on, it's surely done for Pedro.

[Cush]

93. and its tied

[cosmicdot]

96. wow!

:bounce: :bounce:

:bounce: :bounce:

:bounce: :bounce:

[Woodstock]

94. If the Sox had an 180 mil payroll they could have

brought an 88.5 mil contract starter in to relieve, too. Let's not even talk about the revenue advantage NY has. What a great accomplishment for your team, Yankees fans. :eyes:

[Spirochete]

95. Grady Little

is a stupid, stupid man

[JackDragna]

98. I don't know why he didn't pull Martinez

Martinez is great, but he just didn't have the good snap on his pitches like he did earlier in the game.

[FlemingsGhost]

101. Grady Little will likely be AL manager of the year

He's done a fantastic job.

(If Pedro gets the second out, you'd be claiming he's a genius.)

[Uzybone]

99. OMFG!!!!!

YANKEESSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! GOOOOO!!!!! This is too sweet

[Lori Price CLG]

100. How much can a Red Sox fan endure?!?

:cry:

The Red Sox better win...
-Lori

[newyorican]

102. The ALCS and NLCS will be hard to beat...

as far as drama...

[bluestateguy]

103. I'm not optimistic

Yankee Stadium. Yelling, obnoxious fans making life a living hell for the Red Sox. And of course, this is the Red Sox in October. Isn't something just bound to go wrong?

[Lori Price CLG]

104. Yes, the Red S*cks blow it again, G-d it.

:mad:

-Lori